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Useful and beautiful
"Courtney Davis ....Offers Celtic Art as displays of richness and colour, intricacy and symbolism to equal the world's finest styles" (quoted from "Arts & Crafts Magazine").
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Subjects:  1. Art & Art Instruction    2. Crafts & Hobbies    3. Design - Decorative    4. Graphic Arts - Use of Ornament    5. Hobbies/Crafts    6. Reference    7. Illustration & commercial art    8. Lettering & calligraphy   

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A Cartoon and Promotional Drinking Glass Collectors Delight
Softbound, 176 page book with updated 1999 values. This reference contains over 3,000 black and white pictures.Each picture is accompanied by dates, description, and value.Background information is provided coveringExplanations and Abbreviations, Paint and Glass Restoration and GlassCondition. A very complete Table of Contents provides quick location ofitems desired.Topics run from Arby's , Archies and Batman, to Kelloggs,King Kong, McDonalds and Ziggy.A very useful reference tool for cartoonand promotional drinking glass collectors. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Advertising glasses    2. Advertising specialties    3. Antiques & Collectibles / Glass & Glassware    4. Art & Art Instruction    5. Catalogs    6. Crafts & Hobbies    7. Graphic Arts - General    8. Hobbies/Crafts    9. Reference    10. United States    11. Advertising specialities    12. Antiques    13. Antiques & Collectables    14. Antiques & Collectibles    15. Collectibles    16. Collecting    17. Collectors and collecting    18. Glass & Glassware    19. Glassware    20. Handicrafts    21. Reference works   

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What a find!
This is a great book, full of different and delightful dolls, babies, women, men and animals. I can't stop looking at it! Get yourself a soft sculpture needle and be glad the dryer eats one of every pair of your socks.

Sock dolls are not just monkeys!
When I was a kid, I made sock dolls. They were simple and I didn't have to do too much sewing before I could start playing.This book took me back to those happy days and also gave me some new ideas. There are"character" dolls (including a ballerina, a family, and SantaClaus) that children would probably enjoy.There are also lots of cutebaby and child dolls.Many of the socks used for the dolls pictured in thebook are "unusual" socks (patterned or textured) and the dollsare designed to be made of "new" socks (unlike my childhood toysthat I made of the odd socks who had lost their mates).The dolls in thisbook are quick and relatively easy to make - a good way to satisfy a childquickly with a "new toy".Also, older children who know how tosew could make many of these with a little help from an adult friend orfamily member. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Hobbies/Crafts    4. Reference    5. Stuffed Animals    6. Toymaking - General    7. BG-RELIGION - BG-RELIGION GENERAL    8. Toys, teddy bears & dolls   

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Their best price guide yet
Sanders are THE experts in autograph pricing and have been for years, this edition had chapters on matting and framing your collection, with web sites to get tools and materials, also a chapter on internet auctions andwatching out for forgeries which are prolific on the web.If you collectautographs, this book is a must!

Disapointed in the lack of information
I waited a long time for this new edition to come out and it is a whopping 700 pages but, it spends half of its content lamenting the loss of the original author who died last year and reprinting articles I have fromearlier editions. The names were updated abit but the prices still seeminacurate. A disapointing end to a once prolific career for the author. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Antiques    2. Antiques & Collectibles    3. Antiques / Collectibles    4. Antiques/Collectibles    5. Autographs    6. Popular Culture    7. Reference    8. Reference - Price Guides   

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Decorating    4. Enamel Arts And Crafts    5. Hobbies/Crafts    6. Mosaics    7. Reference    8. Technique    9. Sale Books   

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BEAUTIFUL ARRAY OF ROSES!
I'm a florist and I really enjoy using this book when I'm meeting with Wedding clients. It displays a large variety of different types of roses-great for the people who think of a rose as a single, red stem.

Wow...this is a great book
I heard of this book while flipping through a magazine.
not just another pretty flower book
The photographs are so pretty.I gave several as a gift at a lunch the other day.However, the best thing about this little book is the information about roses and how to arrange them.It also provides names of every rose used and good alternatives to garden roses which are not readily available from my florist.I was able to overcome my fear of doing flowers for the first party in my new house!My husband thinks I should change careers. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Crafts / Hobbies    2. Flower Arranging    3. Flowers - Roses    4. Gardening    5. Gardening/Plants    6. General    7. Reference    8. Rose arrangements    9. Rose culture    10. Roses    11. Gardening / Flowers / Roses   

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More a business book than an art guide
Craftsmen may want to profit from their skills but many lack the business acumen to make their art profitable. Enter the Robbins, who show how to evaluate business opportunities, develop proper pricing and marketing formulas for success, and promote and sell products in a variety of mediums, from wholesale to the Web. More a business book than an art guide, Creating A Successful Craft Business focuses on the particular nuts and bolts which are essential to a craft business's success. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Handicraft    3. Handicraft industries    4. Hobbies/Crafts    5. Management    6. Marketing    7. Reference    8. Selling    9. Small Business - General    10. Small Business/Entrepreneurship    11. Technical & Manufacturing Trades    12. Business strategy    13. Handicrafts   

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Great Book
There are so many techniques here I don't know which one to try first.

Classic encyclopedia a must for SCA'ers and historians
While you may not set down to do Arabic-style embroidery or do fine handsewing, if you belong to historical recreation societies such as SCA or others, this book is an absolute must. The best chapter, in my opinion, is the one on handsewing, teaching the reader how to stitch as if they were a sewing machine. You need a cushioned lead weight to pin the piece out on--this holds it taut while you do a backstitch seam. Picking a hem, mattress stitch and other hand techniques are drawn in an old style of steel plate but very visible. Fabulous Info, Poorly Reproduced
After 112 years the information in this book is still as important as it was when it was first published. However, the quality of the reproduction in the images is appalling. I also have an edition from 1910 in which you can clearly see sections of many of the embroidery images that are almost totally blacked out in the anniversary edition.Read more

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Embroidery    4. Encyclopedias    5. Hobbies/Crafts    6. Needlework    7. Needlework - General    8. Reference    9. Sewing    10. Needlework & fabric crafts   

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Awesome decorative techniques
I really love this book.If you are interested in heirloom sewing or just certain decorative techniques then this book is for you.There is even a section on indispensible techniques that every sewer should know such as zipper insertion,bias binding,different kinds of seam finishes,buttons and buttonholes etc.I really liked the free motion embroidery techniques since I love to embroider but my machine is NOT one of those fancy upscale embroidery machine.I learned that all I really needed was a machine with a simple zigzag stitch,the ability to lower the feeddogs,and a darning foot.I highly recommend this book to sewers of all levels since I still consider myself a beginner/intermediate sewer. There is specific directions and tools on what you need to complete your project.You won't be disappointed.Every sewer should own one to add a little pizzaz to their sewing.

Quick and very practical reference book!
This is a great book, very well written and easy to understand (even for me who's native language is not english and sometimes has difficulty to understand!) and I fully recommend it for the novice as well as the advanced sewer. It is packed with so many different techniques that it's even hard to choose! At the beginning of each techinque you find a short explanation of what you'll actually learn about. Then the Machine Set-up comes: stitch length and width, presser foot, needles, threads, tension. Fabric Choices and if there is any Additional Supplies She lists that too. It also made it very easy on me before shopping, the list was readily waiting for me, so I didn't forget anything to buy.
An Excellent Guide for the Creative Sewist
Encyclopedia of Sewing Machine Techniques by Nancy Bednar & JoAnn Pugh-GannonRead more

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Hobbies/Crafts    4. Machine sewing    5. Reference    6. Sewing    7. Needlework & fabric crafts    8. Reference works   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Antiques / Collectibles    3. Arts and crafts movement    4. Brooks Manufacturing Co    5. Brooks Manufacturing Co.    6. Catalogs    7. Crafts & Hobbies    8. Furniture    9. History    10. Hobbies/Crafts    11. Michigan    12. Reference    13. Saginaw    14. Woodwork - Furniture/Cabinetry    15. Antiques & Collectibles / Furniture    16. Furniture & cabinetmaking    17. Handicrafts    18. Hobbies, Quizzes & Games    19. Reference works   

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Great, practical projects
I bought this book for my boyfriend and it is well worth the money.There are many many projects - very practical ones like a night stand, table, bench, etc.But there are also projects like a wine cart and an island....

A practical book for weekend hobbies
I brought the first book of the Homeimprovement library series about a year ago. The book is very informative and the photo illustration is excellent. Therefore when I need some wood working DIY this book is myfirst choice. This book is a step to step guide to build projects, eachproject list with material list and require tools. Not many word on thewood basic and technique. If you want to have some weekend work, this isthe book. Here is the list of projects and you can check it out.Easy-Umbrella stand, Mirrored coat rack, Mitten chest, Entry Valet, Missionwindows seat. Living room - bookshelf, two-tier bookshelf, liquor locker,humidor cabinet, tile-top coffee table, plant stand. Family room -bookcase, library table, card table, game table, table/chair, sideboard.Home office - drafting stool, writing desk, secretary topper, nestingoffice, wastebasket. Bedroom - room divider, cedar chest, nightstand,armoire, mission lamp base. Kitchen - pine pantry, wine & stemwarecart, utility cart, recycling center, gateleg table. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Furniture making    4. Hobbies/Crafts    5. Patterns    6. Reference    7. Woodwork    8. Woodwork - Furniture/Cabinetry    9. Furniture & furnishings manufacture    10. Woodworking   

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Changed My Life
Given to me for my birthday and resident of an untouched gift-pile for weeks, Donata Maggipinto's "Everyday Celebrations" hid in plain sight like a sleeper cell in Dayton until one Saturday afternoon when I lay on the couch vacillating between dozing and rude wakefulness, suffering from yet another in a decades-long series of sleep-depriving sinus infections, I reached out, lifted the book to my chest, and opened to Ms. Maggipinto's screed "Putting Patience and Pink Impatiens in Your St. Vitus' Day Observance."
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Subjects:  1. Cookery    2. Cookery, American    3. Cooking    4. Cooking / Wine    5. Courses & Dishes - General    6. Crafts / Hobbies    7. Decorating    8. Entertaining    9. Entertaining - General    10. Handicraft    11. Reference    12. Tablesetting    13. Cooking / General    14. Food & Drink / Cookery   

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Outstanding, outstanding, outstanding!
An incredible book which quickly became on of my favorite reference materials when studying antique painted furniture and reproducing authentic designs. Contains tips and techniques for your own projects and presents a good array of antique items as well. Very authoritative and offers sound advice on how to pull off complex projects without the complexities involved.
You've got the best here!
You've seen those wonderful grained picture frames or pieces offurniture in the shops for thousands, but never went to a classbecause it was too expensive or none was offered in your area. This book is the answer to your prayers! It is filled with loads of photos of antiques and furniture, etc.that have been decorated with vinegar glazes or with handsome primative-style murals. It is also one of the few books that even reveals how to do smoke graining...the whispy finish on many an old rocking horse or on furniture and smalls. Just add this to your shelf which should also include THE ART OF FAUX by Finkelstein, PROFESSIONAL PAINTED FINISHES by Marx, and DECORATIVE FURNITURE FINISHES WITH VINEGAR PAINT by Russell. All are well worth the investment. Happy Painting!

a great guide with terrific comparisons of new and old paint
These authors are among the best at recreating the look of old painted furniture/folk art.Very clear pictures are helpful.Also, they use an easy recipe (basically, vinegar, honey and pigment) which is easy toconcoct for new users, unlike mesy oil based potions or those horriblycomplex formulae or lousy British-based ingredients which noone has everheard of or found.For as cloise to instant gratification as you can get,this is the book to order for all beginners and intermediate grainers. (Advanced finishers can write heir own book.....)Enjoy!! ... Read more

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Easy to follow plans and diections
This book has good ideas for everyone.Some plans are whimsical others are more practical. Projects are sturdy and useful,Abby does a good job of making her project directions easy to follow.I was not frustrated whenstarting projects. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Furniture Arts And Crafts    4. Furniture making    5. Garden Furnishings    6. Hobbies/Crafts    7. Outdoor furniture    8. Reference    9. Twig furniture    10. Woodwork - Furniture/Cabinetry   

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Classic handbook for craft potters
First of all, I'd better point out that I am one of the author's sons. But as such, I know that this book was never written as a big commercial venture but as an attempt to record the wealth of information that my father had accrued through years of practical work in the studio.
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Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Glazes    4. Handbooks, manuals, etc    5. Hobbies/Crafts    6. Pottery & Ceramics    7. Reference    8. Ceramic arts, pottery, glass   

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Plants in glass cases like mineature conservatories.
They are reminiscent of a bygone era.These 30 patterns for terrariums and planters are ideal as beginner, intermediate and advanced projects.All have a materials list, color photo and illustrations.Projectsinclude:bowls, planters, vases, terrariums and a Wardian case, in avariety of types and sizes.They are thoughtful gifts, valued for theirrarity and skill of construction.Black and white photos demonstrateconstruction techniques. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Ecology    4. Glass & Glassware    5. Hobbies/Crafts    6. Reference    7. Art techniques & materials    8. Container gardening    9. Decorative arts & crafts    10. Stained glass   

Subjects:  1. Clothing and dress    2. Crafts & Hobbies    3. Crafts / Hobbies    4. Fancy work    5. Fashion    6. Hobbies/Crafts    7. Reference    8. Crafts & Hobbies / Sewing    9. LITERATURE - LIT CLASSICS TRD PB    10. Needlework & fabric crafts   

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An amazing source of both inspiration and instruction!
Judith Montano is easily one of the modern masters of crazy quilt techniques and embellishment needlework.Her book (sadly I see it is now out of print) "Crazy Quilt Odyssey," coming in just under 150 pages, is jammed-packed with great information about crazy quilting. The ultimate crazy quilt inspiration!
Judy has gone way beyond her Crazy Quilt Handbook, with expanded sections on silk ribbon emboidery, burned fabric edges, and fantastic landscape designs.You'll want to grab your scrap basket and start right away to create your own contemporary Victorian style crazy quilt project, and she's got plenty of projects to choose from. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Crazy quilts    4. Hobbies/Crafts    5. Patchwork    6. Quilt Making    7. Quilts & Quilting    8. Reference    9. Patchwork & applique    10. Quiltmaking   

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Surpassed Expectations
I am giving a workshop on creative gift giving.I needed information and ideas on different topics in the presentation.I ordered a number of "gift idea" type books. I did not have any expectations and I was pleasantly surprised with how informative and useful this book was.I would recommend this book to anyone.

True gifts
Finally, someone who understands that gifts are not about how much you spend or how much you can impress your friends. I love the way the book emphasizes simpler, but more loving offerings: homebaked goodies, fresh flowers, gifts of experiences rather than things (a round of golf, tickets to a play or movie, etc.). The book even shows inventive and personal ways that money can be given. Most of all, though, the beautiful photography and the passages about the philosophy of giving make this book a great resource for someone who wants to give meaningful and personal presents.

Excellent!
This book is a treasure. The ideas enable you to deliver the messages to the recipients that they are special for you. The memory of the gift giving stays with them for a long time. Try it. I have, and it works. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Reference    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Crafts & Hobbies / Decorating    4. Decorating    5. Crafts & Hobbies    6. Gifts    7. Hobbies/Crafts    8. Handicraft